Wire-splicing ring



No. 626,702. Patented lune l3, I899. J. W. HOWLAND.

WIRE SPLICING RING.

(Application filed June 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN WESLEY HOWLAND, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

WIRE-SPLICING .RING.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,702, dated June 13, 1899. Application filed June 28, 1898. Serial No. 684,661. (No modeli) To all whom it Duty concern; I

Be it known that 1, JOHN WESLEY How- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vire -Fence Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

-My invention has relation to wire-fence tools; and the object is to provide a wirefence tool particularly adapted for splicing broken wires.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l is a perspective view showing two act of being spliced by my improved device. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the splicing-ring.

1 denotes the splicing-ring having laterallyprojecting arms 22%, a stud 3, and a downwardly-projecting hook 4.

In splicing the ends of the wire a loop is first formed in the free end of one of the wire sections and placed around the ring under the stud and above the arms. The free end of the other section is now drawn through the ring and the tongue of a suitable tool, such as shown in my companion application, filed December 20, 1898, Serial No. 699,808, engaged with its free end. Now by twisting the tool to the left both sections of the wire will be drawn taut, and a further twisting will cause the tool to engage the hook of the ring and throw the said hook upward, thus allow ing the loop to slide off the ring and be firmly held by the kink formed in the end of the other section. The free end of the other section is now drawn through the slot 18 of the ring and twisted around the wire, thus securely holding the same taut, while the ring is thus entirely free from the wire.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- A splice-ring for the purpose described con sisting of the open circular portion having arms projecting laterally from its under edge, and a lug projecting laterally from its body portion above said arms, said ring formed with a downwardly-dependin g hook, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WESLEY HOWLAND.

Witnesses:

F. A; BOEHMER, O. H. BOOTTEHER. 

